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The author of The Ambition and the Power now dissects the story behind the great Mississippi River flood of 1927--an untold American epic of money, race, culture, and empire ... More
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In its natural condition the Sacramento Valley was a flood-ravaged region where an inland sea a hundred miles long regularly formed during the rainy season, to drain slowly ... More
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One of the effects of global climate change is the increasing variability of extreme flood events and cyclones. Current measures to mitigate flood impacts, particularly in ... More
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Notwithstanding past achievements, flood damage continues to rise throughout the world as the magnitudes of floods increase, partly as a result of poor land management and ... More
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The four parts of this book - The Problem, Managing the Problem (Mitigation), Managing the Problem (Warnings and Technology), and Related Hazards - is a collaborative effort ... More
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The four parts of this book - The Problem, Managing the Problem (Mitigation), Managing the Problem (Warnings and Technology), and Related Hazards - is a collaborative effort ... More
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This book collects important contributions in probabilistic design, applied to the construction and maintenance of flood defense systems. Four key applications are discussed ... More
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A survey of the problems encountered in flood control and drainage engineering. Among the topics studied are estimation of design flood; flood routing through reservoirs and ... More
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With the tragedy of New Orleans still the focus of the world's media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an ... More
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With the tragedy of New Orleans still the focus of the world's media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an ... More
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